Image copyright Reuters Image caption Train services have been badly affected by the strike The second day of a strike over French President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension reforms has disrupted key services across the country. Public transport, schools and hospitals have been affected by the action. At least 800,000 people protested on Thursday, with clashes […]
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KOH KHANUN, Thailand — Crouched on the ground in a dimly lit factory, the women picked through the discarded innards of the modern world: batteries, circuit boards and bundles of wires. They broke down the scrap — known as e-waste — with hammers and raw hands. Men, some with faces wrapped in rags to repel
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Justin Fields threw three touchdown passes and J By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer December 8, 2019, 5:02 AM 4 min read Justin Fields and J.K. Dobbins spent the first half scratching their heads. Then, Ohio State’s dynamic duo — and teammates —- reverted to their previously impressive form. Fields threw three touchdown passes in
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MASON CITY, Iowa — With just under two months until the Iowa caucuses, the already-volatile Democratic presidential race has grown even more unsettled, setting the stage for a marathon nominating contest between the party’s moderate and liberal factions. Pete Buttigieg’s surge, Bernie Sanders’s revival, Elizabeth Warren’s struggles and the exit of Kamala Harris have upended
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Image copyright Getty Images More than 140,000 people died from measles last year as the number of cases around the world surged once again, official estimates suggest. Most of the lives cut short were children aged under five. The situation has been described by health experts as staggering, an outrage, a tragedy and easily preventable
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This is ― and we can’t stress this enough ― literally bananas. A banana duct taped to the wall of an art gallery has reportedly sold for a whopping $120,000, proving that Lucille Bluth’s assessment that a banana could potentially cost $10 was wildly off. On Friday, the art world took center stage on social
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Peter Teich and Ms Becko say they felt ‘numb’ after almost losing £193,000 worth of inheritance A pensioner has been forced to take legal action after a bank withheld his £193,000 inheritance. Peter Teich, 74, from Cambridge gave his solicitor the wrong sort code and the money was mistakenly
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An unmanned Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies has blasted off to the orbiting International Space Station December 6, 2019, 10:36 AM 1 min read An automatic Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies successfully blasted off Friday heading for the International Space Station. The Progress MS-13 cargo ship lifted off as scheduled at
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Auston Matthews breaks out of slump with 2 goals, Zach Hyman also scores twice as Toronto Maple Leafs down St. Louis Blues 5-2 By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press December 8, 2019, 3:58 AM 4 min read Auston Matthews let out a sigh and broke into a smile. The Toronto center snapped a slump with a
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The Jewish Labour Movement is asking the Equality Human Rights Commission to urge the Labour Party to acknowledge it has become “institutionally anti-Semitic”. It claims that 136 complaints against the Labour Party were outstanding in October, while around 100 allegations were not logged in the system at all. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn disputes the claim
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